This is an analysis of Limerick: There Was An Old Person Of Wick by Edward Lear.
There was an Old Person of Wick,
Who said, 'Tick-a-Tick, Tick-a-Tick;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXXa
- Stanza lengths: 5,
- Metre: 11111001 11101101 10100 111101 101011001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: limerick
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 5
Repeated words/phrases
tick